Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Acura is a nice car, but 2 inches of front shoulder room makes a world of difference to me. I'm a big guy though. If the Contour was any smaller, I wouldn't have bought it.



I agree with you, as I'm a pretty big guy myself (6'3", 200 LBS). The Integra is too small for me. I'm going on the assumption that Kari, being female, is close to the national average in size for US females (5'4" and 120 LBS) and therefore wouldn't find the front seat room of an Integra to be lacking. The Integra's performance matches a non-SVT Contour pretty well, with the added plus of better reliability (statistically, going by Consumer Reports annual ratings).

Anyway, she asked for suggestions, and I made one. I wish her the best of luck in her search.

Lee K
98 SVT, silver
03 Evo, red

Lee K 98 SVT Contour, silver (sold after 7 years and 100K miles) 03 Lancer Evolution, red